Mary RYDER / YAPPO / BROWN
Born 23 May 1875 [519]
Daughter of English born John RYDER and Aboriginal woman Sarah BUNDERAN or BUNDARAN [239: Trees 14C, 19] [519]
She was baptised in New Norcia on 12 September 1886 [519: page 127]
Her father surrendered her to the Benedictine Mission in New Norcia on 26 December 1891 [519: page 127]
She was recorded as still living at New Norcia in early 1894, when aged 18 [519: page 127]
Married (1) Patrick YAPPO in New Norcia on 3 May 1894 [15] [519: page 127]
She and her first husband had a daughter Kate, who was born in 1895 and died in Moora in 1920 [15]
Married (2) Henry Joseph BROWN on 8 January 1897 at Holy Trinity Church in New Norcia [519: page 127]
Resided in Gunyidi [116]
She and her second husband had at least nine children [15]
Mother of John Michael, William James, Mary, Mary Angela, Louisa, Eveline Gertrude, Cohn Chriss, Ruth Pearl and Rachael Fanny [15]
Passed away at the age of 77 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [116]
Died 22 September 1950 in Three Springs; buried at Moora Public Cemetery in Moora (Roman Catholic, Plot 132) [116]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Mary Ryder / Yappo / Brown' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 2 July 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/mary-ryder [reference list] |
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